Magical Empire
The Magical Empire (of Heaven and Hell) was a faction in PrikPack v16, founded on the north-easternmost of the four terrestrial islands soon after spawn. The original members include Wikaros, and baconpancakes36; later on officergogo rice_fish and SaucyTacos joined.
Magic Empire was involved in the Scæþing Punitive War and the Massacre on Midway.
History
Early History
The empire began when baconpancakes36 and Wikaros decided they wanted to be in a faction focused on magic together. Shortly after spawning, they found their way to each other with much difficulty, and established a temporary base on the northern main continent. They soon decided that the area was too ugly and boring for their taste, and began the search for their home.
The Search and Supernatural Encounters
baconpancakes36 and Wikaros's search for a place to build a base began with a survey of the northeast coast of the main continent. They spotted an island to their liking and attempted to settle it, but were met with many problems. First, they noticed that while on the island, they perpetually had the weakness effect. This difficulty was compounded heavily by the large amounts of shielded Pillagers that spawned there. The weakness effect was eventually attributed to a soft world border mod, but at the time, baconpancakes36 and Wikaros had other ideas. They were convinced that the many creepy noises they were hearing on the island had something to do with it, and their fear was only amplified by the discovery of a structure not unlike the Herobrine structures of the past. Finally, they decided the island was a lost cause and headed to an island directly south, where the Empire would be constructed.
The Iron Age and the Punitive War
baconpancakes36 and Wikaros constructed a small house with windows that they would live in together for a short time while pursuing small goals like getting a farm, mining, and a small foray into Blood Magic. Eventually, the Scæþing Punitive War would begin after Wikaros decided to be a nuisance to Kjolt947. baconpancakes36 was not online at this time, and was quite annoyed when he returned to discover his possessions as well as most of the communal house were destroyed or missing. The war had little lasting effect on the Empire, however, and Wikaros began constructing the main fortress and its walls, while baconpancakes36 decided to build his base deep under the fortress.
Interim
The time to follow was a long bout of peace and progression for the Empire, with officergogo joining, and rice_fish and Saucy_Tacos also joining at a later date. Wikaros constructed the main castle town walls, along with the town itself and a few villagers. He also built his personal house and developed all of the farms and procured animals for the use of the Empire. baconpancakes36 decided to finally delve deep into Blood Magic. He didn't leave his cave or do much else other then develop his affinity for the magic and also constructed a Refined Storage system and multiple power sources for it, accelerating his ascent to power. Eventually his strength was very apparently nearing the realm of the gods, but he kept it quiet. The rest of the members built houses and generally progressed right up to the threshold of the Massacre on Midway
Midway
Eventually word got around that jusipat and cflip_ had found a sprawling underground dungeon on the island that they originally used as a military advance point, halfway between the Magical Empire and Scæþing. The island soon became desirable for military and resource reasons, and claims were made by both factions. Wikaros enlisted the assistance of bcfoss in constructing a sizeable village in their claim which was just north of the claims of Scæþing. For obvious reasons, both nations were tense, and these tensions escalated until they finally broke.
The Evening of Destruction
That tension, as we now know, resulted in the Massacre on Midway, which caused much destruction. The war started off fairly normally. All members but officergogo were online, and there were few casualties. Once baconpancakes36's status as a demi-god of sorts was apparent, Scæþing resorted to the old ways of Dirt Warfare. They broke their own terms and brought the battle to the Magical Empire's soil, causing baconpancakes36 to become enraged and unleash his arsenal of explosive charges all over Scæþing Midway and Scæþing itself. Scæþing was backed into a corner and resorted to hiding and destroying stuff when they could, being killed on sight by every member of The Empire, but it was too late, as most of the Empire had already fallen to ruin. Saucy_Tacos' house was burned to the ground, many chests were broken, and baconpancakes36's base was breached, with many items, notably his Refined Storage Drives going missing after being stolen. After a while, it was apparent that the war was not going to end anytime soon, so peace talks began.
Dissolution and Banishment
Eventually, there was a peace talk hosted at the western government building at Scæþing, and it was decided that both nations would dissolve, and that baconpancakes36 was not allowed to involve himself with any belligerent nations or conflict in the server. He banished himself to the far northwest forests and formed the Sanguine Coven, while Wikaros went west and founded Commandery of Cool Mountain, which would eventually become the capital of Tianchao. rice_fish and Saucy_Tacos went directly north and founded the floating island nation of Overhead Sanctuary. officergogo's bitch ass never played again.
Gallery
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The Empire at night shortly after the Punitive war, with fires still alight in the northern forests -
Saucy_Tacos' big wood house after the Massacre. -
Jusipat's corpse from the Punitive War that remained long after the war ended. -
The iconic windmill build by baconpancakes36 in the empire's early days.
